Thursday, October 12, 2017

OCTOBER 12, 2017

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
1955 - Pat DiNizio, guitarist and vocalist with the Capitol Records group The Smithereens, is born Patrick Michael DiNizio in Plainfield, New Jersey

ON THIS DAY IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1946 - Paul Weston and His Orchestra (unlisted lineup) record 10 unlisted tracks in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. If anyone knows what was recorded, please leave a comment.
1949 - During two sessions held this day Claude Rains, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Rafael Mendez and Gene Lafreniere on trumpet; Ed Kusby and James Priddy on trombone; Arthur Frantz on french horn; George Smith and Fred Falensby on clarinet; Henry Woempner on flute; Gordon Green on oboe; Arthur Fleming on basson; Edwin "Buddy" Cole on piano; Larry Breen on bass; John Cyr on drums; Kathryn Thompson on harp; and on strings: Sarah Kreindler, Erno Neufeld, Lou Raderman on violns; and Lou Kievman on viola; and Cy Bernard on cello) records the tr tracks "The Story Of Jesus: Part 1", "The Story Of Jesus: Part 2", and "The Story Of Jesus: Part 3" at the first session from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM and "The Story Of Jesus: Part 4", "The Story Of Jesus: Part 5", and "The Story Of Jesus: Part 6" at the second session from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM at Capitol Records' Melrose Avenue studios in Hollywood, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Rains' album "Bible Stories For Children" (DC-3049).
1949 - The Mellowmen Quartet (lineup unlisted) record 5 tracks in Los Angeles, California for The Capitol Records Transcription Service. If anyone knows what was recorded or has a listing of the members of The Mellowmen Quartet, please leave a comment.
1950 - Les Baxter and His Orchestra (unlisted with Baxter conducting his own arrangements) record the tracks "La Cumparsita-Tango", "Jalouise (Jealousy)", "Orchids In The Moonlight", "The Moon Was Yellow" (And The Night Was Young) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the titles on Baxter's album "Arthur Murray Favorites: Tangos" (T 263).
1951 - Jan Garber and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted), featuring Lee Bennett, Roy Cordell, and The Dinning Sisters (Ginger, Delores, and Jean Dinning) on vocals, record the titles "No! No! No! Not That!" with vocals by The Dinning Sisters, "Hindustan" with vocals by Lee Bennett, "Bedelia", and "The Tavern Song" with vocals by Roy Cordell in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue "No! No! No! Not That!" as by The Dinning Sisters as a single (Capitol 1858) with "Heartbreak Hill" on the flipside, "Hindustan" as a single (Capitol 2107) with "Busybody" on the flipside, has yet to issue "Bedelia", and will issue "The Tavern Song" as a single (Capitol 1905) with "Swingin' Down The Lane" (with vocals by Roy Cordell and an unlisted ensemble) on the flipside.
1951 - Boots Faye and Idaho Call, with unlisted instrumental accompaniment, record the titles "Stranded (On The Sea Of Life)", "Grinnin' Like A Possum", "I'm Sinkin' In A Hole", and "Cry, Cry, Cry" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues "Stranded (On The Sea Of Life)" and "Grinnin' Like A Possum" together as a single (Capitol 1871) and "I'm Sinkin' In A Hole" and "Cry, Cry, Cry" together as a single (Capitol 2027).
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Johnny Pecon and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the titles "So Many Times" with vocals by Nettie Pecon, "You Never Say Goodbye", "I Wanna Be Your Darlin'" and "Pee Tee Polka" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "So Many Times" and "Pee Tee Polka" together as a single (Capitol 2712), has yet to issue "You Never Say Goodbye", and will issue "I Wanna Be Your Darlin'" as a single (Capitol 2527) with "Lollapalooza" (recorded October 11, 1952) on the flipside.
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Ella Mae Morse, with Joe Lipman directing the orchestra (lineup unlisted), records the titles "Greyhound", "Jump Back Honey", "Bouncin' Ball", and "Find A Man For Me Mama" at WMGM's studios in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Greyhound" and "Jump Back Honey" together as a single (Capitol 2276) and Bear Family Records will issue all the titles in Germany in Ella Mae Morse's five CD box set "Barrelhouse, Boogie And The Blues" (BCD 16117).
65 Years Ago Today In 1952 - Faron Young (on vocals with Chet Atkins on electric guitar; Velma E. Williams Smith on rhythm guitar; and listed as probably Loren Otis "Jack" Shook on guitar; Bob Foster on steel guitar; and Floyd "Lightnin'" Chance on bass) records the tracks "Goin' Steady", "Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)", and "I Can't Wait (For The Sun To Go Down)" at Castle Studio at Tulane Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records will issue "Goin' Steady" and "Just Out Of Reach (Of My Two Open Arms)" together as a single (Capitol 2299) and "I Can't Wait (For The Sun To Go Down)" as a single (Capitol 2461) with "What's The Use To Love You" (recorded April 7, 1953) on the flipside.
1953 - Ray Anthony and His Orchestra (Anthony, Jack Hohlman, Jack Laubach, Ray Triscari, and Warren Kime on trumpet; Sy Berger, Phil Barron, Ken Schrudder, and Dick Reynolds on trombone; Earl Bergman and Jim Schneider on clarinet and alto saxophone; Bill Usselton and Bill Slapin on tenor saxophone; Leo Anthony on bass; Eddie Ryan on piano; Milt Norman on guitar; and Don Simpson on bass; and Mel Lewis on drums) record the tracks "Chattanooga Choo Choo" (with vocals by Tommy Mercer and The Skyliners (members unlisted] using an arrangement by Don Simpson), "Moonlight Serenade" (using an arrangement by George Williams), "In The Mood", (using an arrangement by Billy May) and "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" (using an arrangement by Billy May) in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks on Anthony's album "I Remember Glenn Miller" (T 476) in 1954.
1953- Bill Loose and His Orchestra (unlisted lineup) record the tracks "Missouri Waltz", "Make Believe", "Moonlight And Roses" and "Jealous" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records releases all the tracks on Loose's album "Background Music: Bill Loose And His Orchestra - Sweet And Sentimental" (T 473).
1953 - Tony Romano, with George Greenley conducting an unlisted orchestra, records the tracks "O Sole Mio", "La Spagnola", "Mattinata", and "Funiculi Funicula". Capitol Records issues all the tracks on the album "Love Songs Italiana" (H 478).
1954 - Tommy Collins (on vocals and rhythm guitar with J.R. "Jelly" Sanders on fiddle; Alvis "Buck" Owens on lead guitar; Lewis Talley on rhythm guitar; and Charles Lee "Fuzzy" Owen on bass) records thet tracks "I'll Be Gone", "Wait A Little Longer", "Let Down", and "It Tickles" in Los Angeles, California. Additional vocals by Wanda Collins will be added at a later unlisted date. Capitol Records issues the first and last track on Collins album "This Is Tommy Collins" (T 1196), the second track as a single (Capitol 3370) with "What Kind Of Sweetheart Are You" on the flip side, and the third track as a single (Capitol 3082) with "It Tickles" on the flip side.
1954 - The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted with John Barnett conducting) records the track "Hungarian Rhapsody Number 2" by Liszt at Republic Studios in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the track on the orchestra's album "Starlight Encores" (P-8296).
1955 - Merrill Moore (on vocals and piano with ), records "Cooing The Wrong Pidgeon", "Gotta Gimme Whatcha Do", "Down The Road A Piece" and "She's Gone" in Los Angeles, California. The session is listed as being held in Studio B of The Capitol Tower Studios but this is unlikely as the studios didn't open until April 1956 so the session may have been held in Studio B at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue "Cooing The Wrong Pidgeon" and "Down The Road A Piece" together as a single (Capitol 3351) and "Gotta Gimme Whatcha Do" and "She's Gone" together as a single (Capitol F3563).
1955 - Vocalist Stan Freberg, with Billy May conducting his own arrangements to the orchestra (Conrad Gozzo and Uan Rasey on trumpets, Si Zentner on trombone, Vince De Rosa on French horn, J.A. Krechter, Skeets Herfurt, Ted Nash, and Harry Schuchman on reeds, Paul Smith on piano, Meyer Rubin on bass, Lou Singer on drums, Ann Stockton on harp, and Mischa Russell, Harry Bluestone, and Paul Shure on violins) records the titles "(I'm Gettin') Nuttin' For Christmas" (with burglar and The King Sisters on vocals) and "The Night Before Christmas" (with vocals by Babette Bain) at Capitol Records' studios at 5515 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood, California. Capitol Records will issue both titles together as a single (Capitol 3280). Other listing have given this as the date of the release of the single.
1956 - Coleman Hawkins (on tenor saxophone with unlisted session musicians) records the titles "Linger Awhile", "The Great Lie", "Hawk In The Straw", and "Just Ramblin'" in New York City, New York for Capitol Records which has yet to issue any of the titles.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "With You On My Mind" is #23 and Cole's single "Send For Me" is #33 on Cash Box magazine's Best Selling Singles chart.
60 Years Ago Today In 1957 - At two sessions held this day in Los Angeles, California, Carmen Dragon conducts The Capitol Symphony Orchestra (lineup unlisted) records the tracks Tchaikovsky's "Polonaise From 'Eugen Onegin'" and Tchaikovsky's "The Maid With The Flaxen Hair" at the first session and Drigo's "Serenade", Saint-Saens' "The Swan", Leoncavallo's "Mattinata", and Brahms' "Waltz In A Flat, Opus 39, Number 15" at the second session. Capitol Records will issue both titles from the first session and the last title from the second session on Dragon and the orchestra's album "A World Of Music" (P-8412) and the rest of the titles on the orchestra's album "Serenade" (P 8413).
1958 - Larry Hovis (on vocals with Jack Marshall's Music [unlisted lineup)), records the tracks "A Rose To Remember You By", "I Love You More And More", "Exactly Like You", and "When I'm With You" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue the first two tracks together as a single (Capitol F4130) and "Exactly Like You" on Hovis' album "My Heart Belongs To Only You" (T 1218). There is no listing to indicate "When I'm With You" has been issued as of 2005.
1959 - Elmer Bernstein (conducting an unlisted orchestra), records the tracks "April In Paris", "Under Paris Skies", "Pauvre Moi, Pauvre Moi (Poor Me)", "Autumn Leaves", and a track untitled at the time it was recorded which was later named either "Adieu De Amour (Love Is Farewell)" or "Souvenir Du Printemps (Memories Of Spring)" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue all the tracks on Elmer Bernstein And The Swinging Bon Vivants' album "Paris Swings" (T 1288).
1960 - Organist Virgil Fox records portions of the track "Chorale Number 1 In E Major" by Franck at Riverside Church in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the final track on Fox's album "Organ Music From France".
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - 1962 - Nat "King" Cole's Capitol Records single "Ramblin' Rose" is #13 on KRLA's Top Thirty survey in Los Angeles, California.
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Jimmie Haskell and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "Look No Further - Bossa Nova" and "The Sweetest Sounds" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues both tracks together as a single (Capitol 4865).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Vocalist and guitarist Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys (Dubert Dobson on trumpet; James Edward "Jimmy" Belken, Roddy Bristol, and Billy Jack Saucer on fiddle; Billy Gray and Merle Travis on guitar; Robert John "Bobby" Garrett on pedal steel guitar; Billy Briggs Stewart on bass; and Bernard Nelson Young on drums) perform the titles "How Many Teardrops Will It Take?", "I Cast A Lonesome Shadow", and "The New Wears Off Too Fast" live on their second day at The Texas State Fair in Dallas, Texas. Capitol will record the show and will issue all the titles on Thompson's album "Hank Thompson And The Brazos Valley Boys At The State Fair Of Texas" (T 1955).
55 Years Ago Today In 1962 - Odessa Harris, with unlisted others, records the titles "Nothing In The World", "I'll Never Kiss You Goodbye", "I Wonder What's Come Over You", and "A Rockin' Good Way" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "Nothing In The World" and "A Rockin' Good Way" together as a single (Capitol 4881) and has yet to issue either "I'll Never Kiss You Goodbye" or "I Wonder What's Come Over You".
1964 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for The Mad Lads (unlisted lineup)' tracks "Don't Cry At The Party" and "I'll Survive" (recording date and location unknown) and will release them together as a single (Capitol 5284).
1964 - Pianist Billy Taylor (with Ben Tucker on bass; Grady Tate on drums; and with a string sections arranged and conducted by Oliver Nelson) records the tracks "This Is All I Ask", "My Romance", "Just The Thought Of You", and "Days Of Wine and Roses" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Taylor's album "Midnight Piano" (T 2302).
1964 - Pianist Junior Mance (with George Tucker on bass and Bobby Thomas on drums) records the track "Cubano Chant", "Wabash Blues", "Miss Thing", "St. Louis Blues", "Junior's Theme", "God Bless The Child"; and "The Host" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the second, fourth and sixth tracks on Mance's album "That's Where It Is" (T 2393) and has yet (as of 2005) to issue the other tracks from the session.
1965 - The Beatles (George Harrison on lead guitar and vocals; John Lennon on rhythm guitar and vocals; Paul McCartney on bass guitar and vocals; and Ringo Starr on drums and vocasl), at the fourth session for their album "Rubber Soul" which is due for release in December(!), record the tracks "This Bird Has Flown" (later retitled "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)") and five takes of "Run For Your Life" in Studio Two at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London, England. Capitol Records issues both tracks in the United States on the band's album "Rubber Soul" (W 2442).
1965 - Jody Miller, with unlisted session musicians, records overdubs for her tracks "Let Me Walk With You" and "Things" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues the finished track "Let Me Walk With You" as a single (Capitol 5768) with "If You Were A Carpenter" on the flip side and "Things" as a single (Capitol 5743) with "Quite A Long, Long Time" on the flipside.
1965 - Roy Clark (on vocals with unlisted session musicians) records the tracks "I Mill You Already", "I Could Have Been Lonely At Home", and "Savannah Sun" in Nashville, Tennessee. Capitol Records issues the first two tracks on Clark's album "Roy Clark Sings Lonesome Love Ballads" (T 2452) and (as of 2005) has yet to issue "Savannah Sun".
1965 - Steve Douglas records overdubs for his tracks "Yesterday, Part 1" and "Yesterday, Part 2" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue the final tracks together as a single (Capitol 5527).
1965 - Alex North and His Orchestra (lineup unlisted) record the tracks "'The Agony And The Ecstacy' Theme (Mountains Of Carrra)" and "'The Long Hot Summer' Theme" listed as possibly in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue both tracks as a single (Capitol 5539). If anyone knows for sure where this session took place, please leave a comment.
1966 - The Beach Boys record overdubs for their unreleased track "Child Is The Father Of The Man" in Los Angeles, California.
1966 - George Shearing (on piano and harpsichord with a quintet with an unlisted lineup and Julian Lee conducting his own arrangements to an orchestra with an unlisted lineup) records the tracks "What The World Needs Now Is Love", "Too Good To Be True", "You're Gonna Hear From Me", and "Once In A Lifetime" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records issues all the tracks on Shearing's album "New Look" (T 2637).
1966 - At two sessions held this day pianist Rubin Mitchell, with unlisted session musicians, records the tracks "Cherish" and "My Love Forgive Me" at the first session and "Mas Que Nada", "Summer Wind", and "A Man And A Woman" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues all the tracks, except "A Man And A Woman" which remains (as of 2005) unissued, on Mitchell's album "Presenting Rubin Mitchell" (T 2658).
50 Years Ago Today In 1967 - Glenn Campbell records overdubs for his tracks "Cold December (In Your Heart)", "Bad Seed", "I'll Be Lucky Someday", and "Love Is A Lonesome River" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol will issue final versions of the first three tracks on Campbell's album "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" (ST 2851) and the final version of "Homeward Bound" on his CD "The Essential Glen Campbell, Volume 2" (8-33829-2).
1969 - Merle Haggard's Capitol Records single "Okie From Muskogee" enters Billboard's Country Singles chart
1970 - Billy May, conducting his own arrangements to The Time-Life Orchestra (Pete Candoli, John Best, Uan Rasey, Frank Beach, Shorty Sherock, and Bud Brisbois on trumpet; Joe Howard, Lew McCreary, Dick Nash, and Lloyd Ulyate on trombone; Wilbur Schwartz, Les Robinson, Abe Most, Justin Gordon, Jules Jacob, and Chuck Gentry on saxophone; Ray Sherman on piano; Al Hendrickson on guitar; Rolly Bundock on bass; Nick Fatool on drums; and Larry Bunker on vibraphone) record the tracks "The Good Earth", "Northwest Passage", "Things Ain't What They Used To Be", and "Wildroot" (with Jack Marshall on additional guitar) at The Capitol Tower Studios in Hollywood, California. Time-Life issues the first track on the album "The Swing Era Post War Years: A Clutch of Characters" (Time-Life STL 349) and the last three tracks on the album "The Swing Era 1944-1945: The Golden Age of Network Radio" (Time-Life STL 348).
1970 - Tony Dalli records the tracks "Mala Femmena", "Mama", "You're Such A Good Looking Woman", and "This Is My Life" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records issues the last two tracks together as a single (Capitol 3002) but (as of 2005) has yet to issue the first two tracks.
1970 - Capitol Records purchases the masters for the tracks that make up the original film soundtrack album for "His Wife's Habit" which it will issue (SW 641).
1971 - Gene Vincent, songwriter, guitarist, singer, and Capitol Records artist, dies at age 36 at Inter-Valley Hospital in New Hall, California where he had been admitted with a bleeding stomach ulcer
45 Years Ago Today In 1972 - Capitol Records registers the master for Buddy Alan's track "Magic Man", recorded in Bakersfield, California which is purchased from Buck Owens Enterprises and will issue as a single (Capitol 3485) with "Move It On Over" on the flipside.
1973 - Bill Graham records the unissued (as of 2005) tracks "Dime A Ton Thinker", "Life Goes On", "Vira Liva" and "Momma's Picture in Los Angeles, California.
1976 - Glen Campbell (on vocals with unlisted orchestra and background singers) records a new take of the title "(I'm Getting) Used to The Cryin'", as well as the titles "William Tell Overture" and "For Cryin' Out Loud" in New York City, New York. Capitol Records will issue "William Tell Overture" as a single (Capitol 4376) with "Southern Nights" on the flipside and the last track on Campbell's album "Southern Nights" (SO-11601). Overdubs for Campbell's tracks "Dreamin'" (unissued as of 2005), "God Only Knows" (issued on Campbell's album "Southern Nights" (SO-11601), and "Just Like A Woman" (also still unissued as of 2005) are recorded the same day in Los Angeles, California.
1981 - The Steve Miller Band (lineup unlisted) records the tracks "Heart Like A Wheel", "Get On Home", "Baby Wanna Dance", "Circle Of Love", "Macho City" and an instrumental version of "Circle Of Love" in Los Angeles, California. Capitol Records will issue all the tracks, except the last, on the band's album "Circle Of Love" (ST-12121) and issues the last track as a single (Capitol 5086) with the full version of "Circle Of Love" on the flipside.
1988 - Enigma Records releases Poison's single "Every Rose Has Its Thorn", with "Livin' For The Minute" on the flipside, which is manufactured and distributed by Capitol Records.
1995 - Capitol Records releases Charlie Daniels' album "Same Ol' Me" twenty four years after releasing his first album, "Charlie Daniels", in 1971. In between, Daniels had recorded for Kamasutra, Capricorn, Epic and Liberty Records.
1998 - Capitol Records distributes a seven-cut sampler of tracks featured on both the 4 CD box set "The John Lennon Anthology" and "Wonsaponatime", the single disc digest culled from the 4 CD set, to triple-A and AC radio

ON THIS DAY NOT QUITE IN CAPITOL RECORDS HISTORY
1934 - Hans Bund conducts the choir and orchestra of The Berlin State Opera record the titles "Am Weihnachtsbaum" with vocals by soprano Rosl Seegers, "O Tannenbaum", "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht", and "O Du Fröhliche" in Berlin, Germany for Telefunken Records. Capitol Records will later license Telefunken's catalog for release in the United States, but there is no listing that they were issued in the United States.
1964 - Vee-Jay Records releases the album "Songs, Pictures And Stories Of The Fabulous Beatles"
1969 - The "Paul Is Dead" theory gets its first wide radio exposure when Eastern Michigan University Student Tom Zarski calls during WKNR-FM's Russ Gibb's usual Sunday afternoon "rap" with listeners in Detroit, Michigan with questions about the supposed death of Paul McCartney. The rumor had been getting some airplay starting on October 9 on Ann Arbor, Michigan's WOIA midnight show hosted by Larry Monroe, who held a panel discussion on the next night's show to discuss it.
1983 - EMI America registers masters it purchased from RAK Records of Kim Wilde's tracks "Dancing In The Dark (Vocal Version)" and "Dancing In The Dark (Instrumental Version). EMI America will issue the first track on Wilde's album "Catch As Catch Can" (ST-17090) and the second track as a single (EMI America 7817) with a remastered vocal version of "Dancing In The Dark" on the flip side. Universal Music Group, Capitol Music Group's parent company, currently owns EMI America's catalog.
2001 - Natalie Cole, singer, daughter of Capitol Records artist Nat "King" Cole, and former Capitol Records artist, marries Bishop Kenneth Dupree, senior pastor of the Victory Baptist Church in Tennessee.

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THE MELLOWAIRES?

I'm trying to track down who was in this group. They sang backup for Martha Tilton and Johnny Mercer at Capitol's first session on April 6, 1942 and at other sessions up until July 31, 1942, (the day before the recording ban went into effect) when the backed Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, Ella Mae Morse, Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting.Every listing for them just gives the group's name and, so far, none of the curators at the libraries that house the papers of Johnny Mercer, Dave Dexter, Jr., Jo Stafford and Paul Weston's collections, who really went all out to search, have been able to track down the group's roster.The Mellowaires also made two three minute "soundies" in 1942, "Cocktails For Two" with Bob Hughes and "LullabyIn Swing" on their own, copies of which are in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.Any help identifying anyone in this group would be much appreciated.